{"id":791148,"date":"2024-09-16T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-16T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=791148"},"modified":"2024-09-16T08:11:00","modified_gmt":"2024-09-16T06:11:00","slug":"business-talk-jonathan-hurvitz-explains-why-teljoy-is-south-africas-best-kept-secret","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/business\/791148\/business-talk-jonathan-hurvitz-explains-why-teljoy-is-south-africas-best-kept-secret\/","title":{"rendered":"Business Talk \u2013 Jonathan Hurvitz explains why Teljoy is South Africa\u2019s best-kept secret"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In this Business Talk with Michael Avery interview, Teljoy CEO Jonathan Hurvitz explains how Teljoy has become a beloved South African brand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hurvitz has been Teljoy\u2019s CEO since 2019 and has worked at the company for over a decade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before joining Teljoy, he worked as the Group Financial Manager for HCS Home and Catering Suppliers for over a year, and as the Financial Manager for Denny Mushrooms for over four years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By serving in these positions, Hurvitz became extremely experienced in fields such as management accounting, auditing, variance analysis, financial analysis, and finance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His financial experience and skillset are supported by an Honours degree in Accounting Sciences from the University of South Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The interview<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In this Business Talk interview, Hurvitz explains the story behind the founding of Teljoy and what the business does today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He discusses Teljoy\u2019s rent-to-own model and how it differentiates the company from its competitors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hurvitz then offers his thoughts on South Africans\u2019 grasp on the long-term impact of traditional credit commitments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also discusses how Teljoy can offer competitive pricing, despite current economic conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hurvitz concludes the interview by unpacking how Teljoy has adapted its business strategy for e-commerce and the innovations on the company\u2019s horizon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Watch the full interview with Jonathan Hurvitz below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Business Talk - Jonathan Hurvitz discusses why Teljoy is South Africa&#039;s best-kept secret\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BDel0Az2dMg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jonathan Hurvitz is the CEO of Teljoy and has worked at the company for over a decade.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":71,"featured_media":791149,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9872],"tags":[15578,19585,151,20525,11993],"class_list":["post-791148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-business-talk","tag-business-talk-with-michael-avery","tag-ceo","tag-jonathan-hurvitz","tag-teljoy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/791148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/71"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=791148"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/791148\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":791150,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/791148\/revisions\/791150"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/791149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=791148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=791148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=791148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}